Block-placer for baling-presses.



L. B. WYGANT. BLOCK PLACER FOR BALING PRESSES. APPLICATION FILED DBO. 2, 1912.

1,073,382, I Patented Sept. 16, 1913.

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L. B. WYGANT. BLOCK PLACER FOR BALING PRESSES. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 2, 1912.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH col, WASHINGTON. D. c.

ATTORNEY.

FEED STATES LEWIS IB. WYGANT, OE

VINCENNES, INDIANA.

BLOCK-PLACER FOR BALINGJRESSES.

.Appli cation filed December To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS B. WYGANT, a citizen of'the United States, residing at Vincennes, in the county of Knox and State of Indiana, have invented. a new and useful Block-Placer for Baling-Presses, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters andfigures of reference marked thereon. V a

This invention relates to. the type of baling press that is designed to form bale after bale of hay or other substance with division blocks between the bales while being formed, the invention having reference more particularly to apparatus for carrying andplacing the blocks in the required position for dropping them into the baling chamber of the' press. 7 i

The object of the invention is to provide an improved block placer for baling presses of such construction as to be adapted to be produced at relatively small cost and be strong and reliable in operation, and which shall be adapted to be constructed of such material as will not be liable to become fractured in use.

A further object is to provide operating means, for placing the blocks, that shall be so constructed as to not require close attention of the attendant.

A still furtherobject is to provide an improved block placer and operating means therefor of such construction as to be particularly adapted to be applied to the baling press forming the subject matter of my pending application for Letters Patent of the United States, Serial Number 664,250, filed December6, 1911.

The invention consists in an improved block holder, and means for connecting the holder at will with operating mechanism of a baling press to tilt the holder for dropping a block; the invention consisting further and more specifically in certain novel features of construction and in the parts and combinations and arrangements of parts as hereinafter particularly described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a fragmentary side elevation of a balin press similar to that described in said application for Letters Patent and having the improved block placer applied thereto; Fig. 2, a top plan of the preceding figure; Fig. 3, a top plan of a portion of the block holder; Fig. 4,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 16, 1913. 2, 1912. Seria1N0.734,595.

a fragmentary sectional detail of portions of the improved block placer; Fig. 5, a side elevation of the block placer in position for dropping a block; Fig. 6, a perspective view of one of the supporting parts of the block placer; Fig. 7 a transverse section approximately on the line A A in Fig. 5 with the apparatus in the position shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 8, a transversesection approximately on the line B B in Fig. 5; Fig. 9, a perspective view of one of the parts of the improved operating mechanism; and Fig. 10, a fragmentary section approximately on the line C C in Fig. 7.

In the different figures of the drawings similar reference characters indicate like elements or features of construction herein referred to.

The construction and mode of operation of the improved. block place-r may be best understood by reference to certain parts of the baling press above referred to and reproduced in the accompanying drawings and hereinafter referred to, said baling press comprising two suitable sides 1 and 2, a bottom 3 secured to the sides, a top plate 4 on one end portion of the sides, a top plate 5 on the opposite or rearward end portion of the sides, an upwardly yielding plate 6 hinged to the plate 5, with space between the plates 4 and'6 into which to feed the substance to be baled in the baling chamber, and also to receive the division blocks. A rammer 7 is suitably guided in the baling chamber for pressing the substance into compact form. Two gear wheels 8 and 9 provided each with an axial shaft 10 are mounted in the two sides respectively and are connected together by a crank pin 11 to which is connected a pitman 12 that is connected to the rammer. A shaft 13 is rotatably mounted upon the sides of the press'frame and has two pinions 14 and 15 secured thereto that are in mesh with and drive the gear wheels 8 and 9 respectively, the shaft 13 having also a gear wheel 16 secured thereto which may be suitably driven. A rock shaft 17 is suitably mounted above the shaft 18 and it has a slotted arm 18thereon whichis oscillated by a crank 19 on the shaft of the wheel 9.

A packer or feeder is employed and as illustrated comprises a rocker arm 20 secured to the rock shaft 17 and it is provided with two laterally extending lugs 21' and 21 at the under side thereof. A cross bar the upper side of the bolt 23 being securely rocker, arm and. extend:

22 is placed upon rocker arm, a lug connected with the ing upward through the cross bar and" also through a coil spring 24 that isseated upon the cross bar and suit-ably placed under. tension inconnection with the bolt. feeder arms 25 and 26 are rotatably mounted on the rock shaft 17 atopposite sides-of the rocker arm and normally rest upon the lugs 21 and 21 in contact wtiththe-cross bar 22. A feeder head 27 is pivotally; connected with the arms 25-and 26, A pivot rod 28 is supported above-therock shaft 17,

two rods 29 and 30, being connected to the pivot rod and pivotallyconnected tothehead 27*, the-head having an arm 31 thereonthat operates vertically into and out 0% the baling chamber, and'bthe head 9/7 is provided with a projection 32* for pushing the divi'sion blocks out'ofthehlook holder.

boxes- 39and 40 on the oppositeend thereof, thejournal box 3-7 being larger than-the others in diameter, and the member 35 has a guide 451 thereon above the journal" box 39,.

The members 35 and 36 31 6756 cured upon the sides2 and 1 respcctiyel-y at a suitable distance rearward of the forward end of the platefi, and a guide 42' ismounted upon the side 2 in ali-nementwith the guide e1 at a suitable distance rearward from the latter. A sleeve- 43 is rotatably mounted in the largerjournal box 37 and? one endthereof has an 4'4 secured thereto that extends downwardlyandv is provided with wrist pin=t5 to which a connecting rod 46- is connected, the latter being eonn ected' to r the crank pin 34, so that whenthe crank arm 3'3'i's carried about the shaft 10 the arm 44 swings -to and fro.- The opposite end of' the sleeve 43 has a curved segmental guide 47 thereon I that ext-ends up:

wardly, and the face of theguide has a notch or-rece% 48 therein. A main shaft 49' issupported in the sleeve43 and 'in the journal box 38, a tumblingshaft 50 being journaled in the journal boxes 39 and? 40. Two block holder arms 511a-nd 52 are supportedat one end on the shaft 49 and when at rest extend over a-nd are supported onthe tumbling shaft 50, the arms having Two.

bones 3Tand 38 on one-end and alsojou rnal oblique anglcdi end portions 53 and that extend. upward when at rest. Two guide plates. 55and 56 areseoured at one end portion to the ends of' the portions 58 and 54: re-

spectively-and when at rest extend forward horizontally, and two braces 57 and 58 are secured. to" the arms and also to thelforward portions of theplates respectively, one brace 57 having a projection 59 thereon that ex:

tends beyond the arm 51. The plate 55fhas a bot-tom guide (3-0 and a top guide 61, the l plate 5%? having a bottom guide 62 and a top guidefi extending inwardly towardthe 7 guides of r the opposite plate for holding;

thebl ock; The outer sides ofth-e forward ends of the plates and-'56 have blocks (it an-d 65 secured thereto" respectively" that rest upon the sides= 2 andyl respectivelyof the press frame I when-the holderiSrlIlfl position to drop a block and preferably,arev formed o-f'wood so as to serveesbufiers. v

The holder guides are; connected together bar 67 is; pivotally.connectechat oneend' to thearm- 5-1 and lhas a lug 68 011 its oppositeend that is K adapted to ride on the; guide 4 7 and al'so to drop intothe notch 48 for-"*Inoving the blockhol d er when required, the bar 67 having also doa'vnwardl'y-extendingprojection 69 thereon for preventing the lug: from enteringthe notch when-"it is desiredthat the block-holder remain: at rest. A-slidebar m is mounted horizontally in-theguides 451* 211M42 and zhas an upwardly extending finger or tooth 7tthereon that is inclined at its rearward side,

its forward side being drawn against the projection 59=by means of spring 72 con-- nected to the bar and also to the meinher 3 5 in which position the bar 70 is held-hack so as to permit the lug 68 torest upon the 1 guide 47, but when the block hold-en is ti lted forward sothat the-bar '70 is released the latte-n is spring pressed forward so as to ibe-brought under the projection 69 and force the hig GS out ofthenotch 48 and 7 hold the-lug; clear of the guide t'i'whileithe block hol'deris atrest position,- and the projection 59 then extends behind the tooth 7t, the-tooth being ac l='aptedto force theprojection- 59-overit to the positionshown in-F l in order tohold the-bar 70;

retra ctedposition and permitthe lug 68 5 7 6' are; secured also to the I shaft 50"- and are provided respectively w-i'th' treadles 77' and '78 so that the atten danewhe may be at, either side of the block holder may; confveniently'retract the-usli'de bar- 70.

In order to prevent the blocks from; pro

'to-rest uponthe guide 47 from which it may drop into the notch" 48% when'the male is brought under thfeilug; The-shaft 50 has 5 an armsecured; theretoto. which a link 74 is pivoted, the link being suitably cone maturely sliding out of the block holder when the latter is tilted forward, two hinge members 79 and 7 9 are secured to. the upper sides of the guides 61 and'63 respectively, two arms 80 and 81 being pivoted at one end to the hinge members respectively and provided on the under side of the free end portions with fingers 81 and 81 respectively that extend through the guides 61 and 63, the rearward sides of the fingers being beveled so that they may be forced outwardly by the lower end of the block but are forced inwardly by springs 82 and 82 respectively that are suitably supported, so that the fingers prevent the blocks from sliding down from the guides until forced downward.

It should be understood that the shaft 49 may be fixedly secured in the sleeve 43 and rotatively supported in the box 38, the arms 5land 52 being loose on the shaft; or the arms may be fixedly secured to the shaft and the shaft rotatively mounted in the sleeve, so that the block holder is supported to move pivotally. Various other modifications obviously may be made within the scope of the accompanying claims.

In practical use the hay or other substance is fed by an attendant into the opening or hopper in the top of the baling chamber while the rammerand the feeder are in retracted position, and when a suflicient quantity of a substance has been pressed into the baling chamberto form a bale the attendant operates the tumbling shaft 50 so as to retract the slide bar and place the link 67 in proper position which permits the lug 68 to drop into the notch 18 when the latter is carried back to the lug. The arm 44, being operated continuously, it will be clear that when the lug enters the notch the link 67 tilts the block holder with a division block 83 therein until the holder is stopped in vertical position on the frame. The gearing is calculated to time the movement of the head 27 so that when the block is in position to be dropped it is forced down into the baling chamber by the projection 32, and the block holder is tilted back again to its normal rest position, when the projection 69 comes into contact with the projected bar 70 and forces the lug 68 out of the notch 48, thus disconnecting the block holder and permitting the guide 47 to idly rock to and fro until another division block is required to be placed. Other results of the operation of the improvement will be readily understood from the foregoing description of the construction and function of the several parts thereof.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A block placer including a pivotally movable block holder provided with a movable lug, a curved rockmg guide for guiding the lug and having a recess therein to receive the lug for moving'the holder, and controllable movable means for holding the lug away from the guide.

2. A block placer including a pivotal shaft having a rocking guide thereon provided with an engagement device, a block holder mounted on the shaft to move pivotally and provided with a lug device adapted for locking connection with the engagement device to periodically move the holder, and a controllable element for controlling the connection of the lug device with the engagement device. F V

3. A block placer including a pivotal shaft having a. curved guide thereon provided with a recess, an operating arm for rocking the guide, a block holder mounted on the shaft to move pivotally and provided with a movable lug to enterthe recess for moving the holder, and a controllable element for controlling the entrance of the lug into and egress from the recess.

4%. A block placer including a pivoted block holder, afmovably supported bar, a spring normally holding the bar in projected position, a curved guide rotatably supported and having a recess therein, and a link bar pivoted to the block holder and having a lug thereon for entering the recess to move the holder, the link bar normally restingon the movably supported bar and holding the lug away from the guide. V 5. A block placer including a supported pivotal shaft, a supported tumbling shafthaving an arm thereon, a slide bar movabl guided and operatively connected with the arm, a block holder movably mounted on the pivotal shaft and normally resting on the tumbling shaft, a supported rocking element, and means for clutching the block holder to the rocking element controlled by the slide bar.

6. A block placer including a journal box, a sleeve rotatively mounted in the box and having an operating arm on one end and a curved guide on the opposite end thereof, the face of the guide having a recess therein, a shaft supported at one end in the sleeve, a box supporting the opposite end of the shaft, a block holder mounted on the shaft to move pivotally, and a link bar pivoted to the holder and having a lug thereon to enter the recess for moving the holder.

7. In a block placer, the combination with a supported shaft, of a block holder and a curved guide mounted to rock on the axis of the shaft, the guide having a recess therein, means for rocking the guide, a slide bar movably guided and having a finger thereon, a device on the block holder normally engaging the finger to hold the slide bar in retracted position, a spring cooperating with the slide bar for holding the latter in projected position, and a link bar pivoted to the block holder and having a lug and also a prejeo-tion thereon, the projectionnor-m ally resting or the-projected" slid-e bar and he1ding the lug from the cur-Ved gL1i@1 e,- t11'e slidebvl" when retr'aeted permitting the lug to yrest -up0nthe rocking uide and enter-the recess fer moving theb eek holder;

SwIn a blockpl a'cer thecombimt'ienof asuppomed tumbling shaft having ammthereon, a slide bar mevehly guided and I ep having wfingerthereon; tweepermfiing am ne V securedtothe tumbling-shaft, a sup-ported main shaft, a block holder and curved; guide mounted t0=-r0ek' 0nthea'X-isof the Hn111'a'in shaft; the-holder normallyresting-err ing; ml-u'g; ther eon fie rest on the rocking" in the 1 frame, gearing for-moving themwm met; and crank arm minted by" the gearing; 0f a pivoc ail shaft and a tumbling sh'afit" m ounted on the frame; two guides suppert'ed om-the-fmme, a bloekholdel and a curved-- geide mounted? to? reek 011 the axis of the upon thetumbhng shaffi; the guidedTwing-e; recess "therein and provi dedwith an oper V at-i-ngmrm, a bane pivoted 011- the bloeliz holder? having Iug thereonfor 5 61 112615? ing iihe reeess fie-meek the block-holder;

shale-ban having -a finger andguided by thetwo guides a nd movable teward or the:

cu rved guide, a. spring} conneeted to fihe pa eseir'a-meand the slide bar forprojeetmg the latter under the link ban fo r-hold i ngth etothe-blek-holeher 'engaging one side 017' the:

finger fio helelthe slide hair in retract-ed posi ti on andfo-r'eed-out of thewey when-the bm is retracted; means for retreating the slidebam', and an red cmneetedpto the operamng arm and to the crank arm- -7 Ifi'test-imonyf whereof; I signature i impreseneeof -hwewvitnessesa IQEWZE'Si B; Witnesses:

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